Pre-K bill passes House

10:02 PM,
Feb. 18, 2013

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Some of Indiana's poorest children would have a chance to go to preschool under a bill that passed the Indiana House today.

House Bill 1004, which passed the House 92-6, creates a pilot program to make early childhood education available to four-year-old children in five counties. Those counties, which are supposed to be a mix of both urban and rural areas of the state, will be chosen later by the Family and Social Services Administration.

Under the proposal, scholarships of up to $6,800 would be made available to students in low-income families, with the state's initial obligation in the ...